Banbury has been immortalized in the nursery rhyme, "Ride a Cock Horse."

The city, a major tourism magnet, also is famed for its Banbury Cakes, a spiced, currant pastry that once enjoyed international distribution.

Attractions in Banbury

Bloxham Village Museum - varying themes

Broughton Castle - 14th to 16th century

Waterfowl Sanctuary and Children's Farm

Hook Norton Pottery

Banbury Museum

The Mill Arts Centre - photography and painting displays

Tooley's Boatyard - from 1790